Pankaj Mishra: history lessons must not become empire triumphalism

Pankaj Mishra: history lessons must not become empire triumphalism
Pankaj Mishra, author of From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia, argues that decolonisation is an ongoing process that the Arab spring can be seen as part of. "It would be a mistake to revise history curriculums in such a way that the Asian and African response to British colonialism is overlooked", he says.

[@neerajprem]

I think Pankaj is making a very valid point and i hope people living in west can learn from it.

[@crimsonmamba]

I agree with the speaker, however at what stage does this global perspective become introduced? The GCSE years are obsessed with a near continual focus on the world wars and what preceeded these tends to be in wars looking as well. What the question is, is what is the philosophy of history in itself. The answer may likely legitimize an inward looking obession with history which is almost universally the case, there remain few societies that teach history without some semblemnce of triumphalis